The included image shows epicenter locations of the few days before and after the huge Japan earthquake and tsunami. Foreshocks are shown with dashed lines; aftershocks with solid lines.
![Earthquake and Tsunami near Sendai, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami near Sendai, Japan](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uR0Nwmrlcvx8KEFYQhpWFsk3nDN1aJ63eJY4vUzYcXr9P02T-oBkKasaMJhIE2rcQlVPPtxx1N45fzy_CzJ3Xmic47nzT3hwXOjobWs1wYTd6ZvDkR_LPZ1Aq4wrQiPwJ3HVSmbU4TSDhSNWa5j9ybnYLEy5CxL0r_=s0-d)
Japan is obviously on the Eurasian Plate, not the North American. See...even NASA makes an occasional mistake.
Pray for the affected people! A lot.